Mexican Slang Plus Graffiti - Softcover

Elizabeth Reid; Charlene Lopez; Linton H. Robinson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 093265360X ISBN 13: 9780932653604

Publisher: Sunbelt Publications, 2003

Synopsis

A unique book that reveals the hip talk and occasionally lewd eloquence of the Spnaish commonly spoken in Mexcio and Latin America. Whether you want to use the words, avoid them, or simply want to understand them when you hear them, this book clears up the confusion. Also includes examples of slang commonly found in graffiti on buildings, bridges, and fences.

About this title

From the Author:

It would be impossible to discuss Spanish slang in totality, since there is different slang in every country and region. Mexico alone has a rich and multi-leveled idiomatic vocabulary of thousands of words, and many terms that are used colloquially in Chiapas are never heard in Veracruz. Furthermore, there are Dantesque levels of societal usage, some obscure or unknown even to Mexicans. However, our concern here is not esoteric folklore, but standard Mexican slang, words that are widely heard or read in comic books, TV shows, and rock music.

About the Author:

Elizabeth Reid began learning Spanish in Junior High School at the age of twelve. She has lived near the Mexican border most of her life. She went native in 1985, moving to Rosarito, Baja California, where she taught English to the locals for eight years. Her love affair with the Spanish language includes a fascination for the customs of the people and an appreciation of their culture. Dr. Reid is the author of Spanish Lingo for the Savvy Gringo a guide to language, culture and slang, as well as Native Speaker, a guide for traveling anywhere in the world and earning your way by teaching English.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sunbelt Publications
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 093265360X
• ISBN 13: 9780932653604
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 128